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Anyfile converts an STL model to a PLY model for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| What’s kept | Shape only |
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When to use PLY: 3D scans, point clouds and research data.
.stl
A mesh format created by 3D Systems in 1987 for stereolithography printers. It describes a surface only as triangles, with no colour, units or materials, in text or binary form.
Sending models to 3D printers and slicers.
Opens in Cura, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, Blender, Quick Look on Mac
About STL files.ply
The Polygon File Format, also called the Stanford Triangle Format, devised at Stanford in the 1990s. It stores vertices and faces with extra properties such as per-vertex colour.
3D scans, point clouds and research data.
Opens in MeshLab, CloudCompare, Blender
About PLY filesGoing the other way? Convert PLY to STL
Everything that converts to PLY
Need to change it first? Open the 3D viewer
Drop your STL file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the PLY downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the 3D viewer.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every PLY inside.